Forced labor of Hungarians in the Soviet Union

The forced labour of Hungarians in the Soviet Union in the aftermath of World War II was not researched until the fall of Communism and the dissolution of the Soviet Union. While exact numbers are not known, it is estimated that up to 600,000 Hungarians were deported, including an estimated 200,000 civilians. An estimated 200,000 perished.^[1] Hungarian forced labour was part of a larger system of foreign forced labour in the Soviet Union.

In addition, an unknown number of Hungarians were deported from Transylvania to the Soviet Union in the context of the Romania-Hungary Transylvanian dispute. In 1944, many Hungarians were accused by Romanians of being "partisans" and transferred to the Soviet administration. In early 1945, during the "de-Germanisation" campaign^[2] all Hungarians with German names were sent to the Soviet Union, in accordance with Soviet Order 7161.^[3]